A prominent academic believes China is on track to surpass the US as the world's largest economy in the next decade due to the US's 'self-defeating' policies and the global balance of power pivoting towards Asia.

China is still on course to overtake the United States as the world’s largest economy in the next decade, as the global balance of power pivots towards Asia and America pursues a string of “self-defeating” policies, a prominent academic has said. While the Chinese economy is undergoing a structural transition, the current challenges facing the US are more severe, according to Li Cheng, the founding director of the University of Hong Kong’s Centre on Contemporary China and the World. The US is...